Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard
For this year's Hallowe'en special we're joined by Backlisted's old fiends Andrew Male and Laura Varnam, following previous guest appearances on episodes dedicated to Beowulf (2020) and Daphne du Maur...
30 Okt 20211h 15min
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
Our guests are publisher Alexandra Pringle and Simon Thomas, editor and co-host of the Tea or Books? podcast. They are here to discuss Cassandra at the Wedding, the fourth and final novel by Dorothy B...
18 Okt 20211h 16min
The Dream Songs by John Berryman
Joining us on Backlisted this week is novelist and memoirist Susie Boyt (My Judy Garland Life, Loved and Missed). The book Susie has chosen for us to discuss is The Dream Songs (1969) by John Berryman...
4 Okt 20211h 15min
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
We are joined by novelist Mary Costello for a special episode recorded live at Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland on September 10th 2021. The book we're debating is Elizabeth Costello (2003...
20 Sep 20211h 4min
Summer Reading 2021
It’s time for our annual look at what we’ve been reading over the summer break. John, Andy and Nicky discuss David Keenan’s fourth novel Monument Maker; Open Water, a promising debut novella from Cale...
6 Sep 20211h 3min
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Perhaps the greatest boxing novel ever written, Leonard Gardner's Fat City was first published in 1969; it was shortlisted for the National Book Award; Joan Didion and Denis Johnson are amongst those ...
5 Aug 20211h 9min
Heart of the Original By Steve Aylett
Joining us on Backlisted this week is writer John Higgs, whose fascinating new book William Blake Vs The World is out now. We were thrilled John chose Steve Aylett's guide to originality, creativity a...
19 Juli 20211h 19min
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
Returning to Backlisted this week are literary agents Becky Brown and Norah Perkins, joint custodians of the Curtis Brown Heritage list of literary estates and previously our guests on episode #109, E...
5 Juli 20211h 9min
